Speed up my ps3 wifi

I had a similar problem. My PS3 was connected wirelessly to my network. The base station was in my office, at the other end of the house. I would get abysmally low bandwidth when streaming internally or from the internet. My solution was to move my base station into the entertainment center and connect the PS3 to it via ethernet. Ever since, I've not noticed any bandwidth problems. Everything downloads lickity-split.

Try this simple fix Go to "network settings", go to the bottom of the list where it says "media server connection" and disable it. Now run a test. My speeds when from around 1mg down to 9. PS3 is flakey. I have a slim model now, but i also had one of the launch PS3s until it yellow lighted on me. Previously i was getting great speeds but now not so much. So i set up a client bridge using the WRT54G and voila my speeds were 10x faster than using the PS3 wireless connection, even though it was still wireless, having the PS3 plugged into a secondary router using it as a wifi adapter seriously took it from about 0.

You may wonder why i did it this way, well not only did i plug the PS3 in wired, i also plugged my xbox and Panasonic Viera Cast TV all to the secondary router while the primary router was in the office connected to the desktop and a network share HDD.

However my PS3 is only getting 2. Oddly the PS3 is getting consistent 4. Still a far cry from the low end 11 that my wireless PCs get. It's an issue that only affects its internet browser. I stream HD video from my computer wirelessly to my PS3 and everything goes really smooth. Copied and pasted my answer from here :. If you are having device-specific issues, it's most likely your router. I know that DD-wrt firmware routers have special options that optimize gaming performance.

I would take a look at this article:. Optimizing your PS3 network connection. It goes over the general tweaks you can do to increase the performance of your PS3 for both wired and wireless connections.

Aside from that, you might be better off getting a new router that can deal with the different level of traffic a console creates. Check your PS3 Network settings. I'm using TrendNet's powerline adapters to run two PS3's. It's better than wireless. The other day I did a Windows update and after restart I could not connect to either. I thought it was Java proble however I had recently installed the latest.

I also had the most recent PMS version 1. In the end I believe recsetting my adapters helped but the point to all this is one PS3 was extremely slow. Video was unwatchable when before it was fine. In all my trouble the one PS3 seemed to lose it's network settings. After setting up I realized after many hour that I simply entered information incorrectly.

These are small annoynces for getting 6x times the speed. If you have questions on how to change this interval, please write it in the comments and I will add the instructions to this instructable. If you are having issues connecting to the internet with this setup or if internet is dropping after a few minutes of use, please leave a note in the comments section.

I will try to help you to work it out. Since this is my first instructable, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Reply 6 years ago on Introduction. This is an awesome tutorial, but please please can you give me the path to the. Thank you. I have to wonder about the poster of this tutorial, why would you hide the name of the router? Its not like you cant change it. I hope you feel special with your fabulous photoshop skills.

If the router is too far, the correct solution is to setup a repeater. That would be absurdly slow. Dont get them confused. There are 8 megabits in a megabyte. If your Wifi is running slow, it's more likely that either your router is old and slow, configured to limit bandwidth to each client or it is being overtaxed.

Direct connection just speeds it up even more. Reply 7 years ago on Introduction. That is great. Direct connection is definitely a best option and will give you the maximum speed. My router is in the closet and i was never able to get more then 5Mbps.

It all depends the router and PS3 placement. It is possible that PS3 Slim has a newer wifi card that gives you better reception. Did you make this project? Share it with us!

I Made It! Remote Control Light Switch by alanmerritt in Arduino. AlxB 5 years ago. Reply Upvote. Insert an Ethernet cable into the port on the back of the PS3. Insert the other end of the cable into a modem or router. Power on your PS3 console. The wired connection will allow faster downloads than a wireless connection. Power on an Internet connected PS3. The console will reset and install the update automatically. New firmware is released regularly from Sony to help add functionality to the console and clean up old programs that slow the console down.

If the amount listed is more than MB, the game can be installed.